MaryBe McMillan (North Carolina AFL-CIO) / Tim Carter (SMART Northwest Regional Council)

<p>North Carolina AFL-CIO President MaryBe McMillan spoke to the AWF Union Podcast today about a major union victory by nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., and a failed attempt by politicians to weaken labor rights in the state.</p> <p> </p> <p>SMART Northwest Regional Council President Tim Carter was also featured on today’s edition of the podcast. He discussed a union-made beer called Local 66 Lager, the region’s hot construction market and the need to recruit more apprentices.</p>